Chopra Center Certifications

Are you feeling called to lead, teach and deepen your practice? Thousands from around the world have dedicated themselves to sharing the Chopra Center teachings with others. Find out more about how to become a certified instructor of Primordial Sound Meditation or Perfect Health: Ayurvedic Lifestyle.

Thousands from around the world have dedicated themselves to learning, sharing, teaching, and mastering the curricula created by Chopra Center co-founders, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Simon. And wherever you live, whatever you do – you can, too. Cultivating a daily meditation practice is a foundational element of the Chopra Center teachings, and advanced teacher instruction in Primordial Sound Meditation will take your own practice to a higher level while giving you the tools to help others find greater peace and fulfillment in their lives. Immersion in the Perfect Health: Ayurvedic Lifestyle teachings has created certified teachers of mind-body balance who support the transformation of thousands around the globe. Our Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga teachers have touched tens of thousands of students on every continent, opening them to transformation and physical and emotional connection.

“If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.” —Yogi Bhajan Has practicing meditation profoundly changed your life, bringing you more peace, clarity of mind, and lightness of being than you ever had...Program Info

Advisory Board

At onsite certification programs, portions of the curriculum will be led by Advisory Board members in addition to Teacher Training Faculty.

Deepak Chopra, M.D., F.A.C.P. is the co-founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, the founder of the Chopra Foundation , and a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. He is board certified in internal medicine, endocrinology, and metabolism. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and a clinical professor in the Family Medicine and Public Health Department at the University of California, San...

Born in Liverpool, England, Roger Gabriel spent his formative years in the United Kingdom and first learned meditation there in the early 1970s. It instantly became his passion and he soon trained to be a meditation teacher under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After moving to the U.S., Roger began studying Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of health care. In 1985, while helping to establish centers for Ayurveda and meditation, he met and became friends with Deepak Chopra. Since then, Roger has assisted Deepak with numerous training programs, seminars, and workshops; taught thousands of people on...

Dr. Sheila Patel is the Chopra Center’s Medical Director and a board-certified family physician who is passionate about bringing holistic healing practices into the Western medical system. She earned her M.D. at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed her residency in family medicine at the Ventura County Medical Center in Southern California. For more than a decade, she practiced full-spectrum family medicine, from prenatal care and deliveries to ER coverage and primary care for all ages. At the Chopra Center, Dr. Patel offers integrative medical consultations that combine...

Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is a world-renowned Ayurvedic physician and medical astrologer from a family of traditional Vedic healers in India. He holds a B.A. in Ayurvedic medicine and completed a three-year residency as an M.D. (doctorate in Ayurvedic internal medicine) at the prestigious Pune University in India. Dr. Suhas is a compassionate healer and expert clinician who directs the Ayurvedic Healing and Integrative Wellness Clinic in Northern California. As a sought-after speaker and lecturer, he also travels throughout the world teaching courses in Ayurveda, training doctors, and providing...

Pandit Vamadeva Shastri (David Frawley) is a Vedic educator, or acharya, who teaches internationally to promote Vedic knowledge. He is noted for his ability to integrate Ayurveda, yoga, and Vedic astrology into a single system for raising consciousness that can be easily understood and applied today. His work has been honored in India and in the West. He is the author of more than thirty books published in twenty languages. He has written many articles and teaching materials for Vedic courses. His recent book, Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound, is regarded as one of the best...

Shambhavi is one of the most important and dynamic women teachers of the deeper aspects of yoga coming out of India today. Her teachings are rooted in the ancient teachings and traditions of Bhakti Yoga, Shakti Sadhana, Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology), Mantra Yoga and Ayurveda. Shambhavi has been honored with the Jyotisha Visharada by CVA for her insightful contributions and teachings in Vedic Astrology. Shambhavi is a mystic Yogini, spiritual guide, and educator of ancient Vedic traditions and is noted for her clear, direct, and uncompromising expression, and her ability to inspire...

Brent BecVar has worked in direct association with Deepak Chopra and the Chopra Organization for more than 26 years and was one of the first certified instructors of both Primordial Sound Meditation and Perfect Health Ayurvedic Lifestyle . In 1993 with Dr. Chopra and Dr. David Simon, Brent established and supervised the Sharp Center for Mind Body Medicine Residential Program in Del Mar, California, which later became the...

Danielle Mika Nagel is an international Vinyasa Yoga and Meditation Teacher based in Vancouver, BC. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as E-RYT 500 and completed her initial Teacher Training under the guidance of certified teachers in the styles of Ashtanga, Anusara, and Iyengar. Danielle completed additional teacher trainings in Primordial Sound Meditation, Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, and Perfect Health: Ayurvedic Lifestyle at the Chopra Center and a 500-hour certification with the American Yoga Academy. In her classes, she integrates breath, movement, and...